Are you new to MU Drama this year?

Whether you have acted before, or would like to test the waters of performing on stage, our Debutantes Festival is the perfect opportunity to begin your journey with MU Drama.

This year, the festival includes eight 10min plays, all of them written and directed by MU Drama members.

And the best thing? If you come to audition, you are guaranteed a role! We know that auditions can be stressful, especially if you're new to acting. This is why we want to give everyone of you the chance to test the waters without the usual pressure of trying to get cast in a role.

Join us this Wednesday from 3pm till 7pm and Thursday from 5pm till 7pm (9th and 10th of October).

Auditions take place in Rye Events place 2,  which is in the Rye building ( otherwise known as the Clubs and Socs building) and to your right when you come in the building. 

I hope you take this opportunity, looking forward to see your auditions !

Dramatically yours, 

Claire

We are over the moon to be able to announce that our original play "The Least Relatable story Ever Told" written and directed by Adam Cullen, will be performed from the 24th till the 26th of October in Siegen, Germany! 

We have been invited to perform alongside the Desperate Thespians, the University of Siegen's English speaking theater troupe, whom have performed "The Weir" by Conor McPherson in the Aula Maxima last November  on South Campus. 

We are delighted to continue this exchange and to be able to perform Adam Cullen's ISDA awarded play (Spirit of Drama Award)  once more! 

The actors are: 

- Arianna Mc Kirdy

- Eoghan Kiernan

- Cal De Nicolas

- Killian Massey

- Cyan Doyle

- Fiona King  

This is an incredible opportunity for our members, our society, and our university!

More details about the play and the Desperate Thespians are to come, 

Dramatically yours, 

Claire Scofield

Maynooth Drama Society are having our first performance of the year on the 8th and 9th November!

Come along and see our newcomers perform in their first plays in our first production of the year!

Come join Drama for our yearly scare.

We will be going to the Nightmare Realm on the 24th October at around 7pm.

Make your way there or travel with us on public transport.

Fill in the form on the linktree in our Instagram bio and come and join us for a scare-tastic evening!

Are you interested in becoming a first year rep for the drama society?

Come along tonight and put yourself forward to work with this years committee.

It is a great way to get involved with the committee and to get to know everyone in the society!

See you there in Classhall E at 7pm!!

Welcome back everyone, and welcome to anyone new to the society! 

We will be having our first workshop this Monday 25th September at 7pm. Come get to know this years committee and meet all of your fellow members.

Don't worry, we will also have pizza!

Join us in the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin as we celebrate our One-Acts Festival 2022! With performances on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th, be sure not to miss out on our three fabulous one-act plays. This year's theme is "Connections", and our actors, writers and directors have been working hard for the last few weeks to bring this show to the stage. Student tickets are €5 per person. See you all there xx

This year's Debutantes Festival has arrived! Join us in the Aula Maxima and support all our lovely newcomers as they make their stage debut with our society. The show includes 7 original short plays written and directed by MU Drama members. The performances are Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th of November. Doors open at 7pm and tickets are €5 per person (available at the door - cash or card).

This December we will explore the Galway Christmas markets together! We will be leaving Maynooth around 3pm on Friday 9th, and return to Heuston Station around 9:30pm on Saturday. We will be staying in private rooms in Kinlay House on Eyre Square. Cost is €50 per member (excl. train tickets). Sign up and pay via the event on our MU Life page! Deadline is the 20th November.

xx Jule

Are you interested in directing a play in the future? Whether you already have some experience, or none at all, we would love to see you at our directing seminar! During this seminar you will learn all kinds of tips and tricks about how to direct a play - structuring rehearsals, blocking scenes, working with your actors, thinking about costumes, props and set for your play and much more!

Can't wait to see you there!

Xx Jule

We are over the moon to be able to announce that our original play "Coffee Cures F**k All" has been selected as one of the eight finalists of KULTURONTOUR, an international youth theatre festival in Germany. We have been invited to perform alongside the other finalists this January, in Bremen, Germany.

This is an incredible opportunity for our members, our society, and our university!

We are holding auditions for actors on Tuesday 18.10.22, 6-8pm, in JHT2. You will need to be available to fly to Bremen with us between the 4th-10th of January (exam accommodations TBC). The estimated cost per participant is €130, including flights.

Are you new to MU Drama this year?

Whether you have acted before, or would like to test the waters of performing on stage, our Debutantes Festival is the perfect opportunity to begin your journey with MU Drama.

This year, the festival includes seven 10min plays, all of them written and directed by MU Drama members.

And the best thing? If you come to audition, you are guaranteed a role! We know that auditions can be stressful, especially if you're new to acting. This is why we want to give everyone of you the chance to test the waters without the usual pressure of trying to get cast in a role.

Join us this Wednesday and Thursday (12-13th of October), anytime between 6:30-9pm. Auditions take place in JHT2, which is upstairs and to the right in the John Hume building.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Xx Jule

Hey fellow Dramateers!

I am thrilled to announce a new initiative that MU Drama is bringing to you all this year, which is expert seminars. Expert seminars are similar to our workshops, except there's a smaller number of people involved, and they present more of an in-depth deep dive into specific areas of theatre for those of you who are interested in them.

I can announce that the very first one is on the topic of play writing, and it is hosted by our fabulous alumni Emma Grogan, who has written many plays for MU Drama. One of her plays, called "My God!" even received two nominations at the Irish Student Drama Awards!

Join us on Wednesday at 7pm, for the play writing seminar, and keep an eye out for our other upcoming seminars on topics such as directing, stage tech, costume design and more!

Xx Jule

Hey everyone!

Due to popular demand, we will be going on a trip to Ireland's most unique Halloween attraction again this year! Farmaphobia is a spooky outdoor haunted farm, and we will be paying it a visit next week Friday (7th of October). A coach will pick us up on campus around 6:45pm, and will drop us back at around 11pm. Tickets cost €33 and include a small travel contribution.

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP AND PAY IS TONIGHT (29.09.), at 6:30pm!!! (no exceptions)

Sign up using this link: https://forms.gle/Ni6U98DHQS9GTAir9

Looking forward to getting spooked together with all of yous!

Xx Jule

They are here... our first set of auditions for this year!

"An infectious project is coming to MU Drama this semester: A bizzare educational comedy series spanning over six episodes, about seven not-so-small nuisances that are just as interested in your sex life as you are.”

The I.T.S. project is a mini series we will be filming throughout the entire first semester and we are looking for people like YOU to act in it!

Join us for auditions on any of the three nights (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). You can drop in any time between 6:30-9pm, and you do not need to learn audition scripts by heart.

Location: John Hume Tutorial Room 2 (upstairs)

Can't wait to see you all there!

Congratulations on your CAO results! Whether Maynooth was your first choice or not, I can assure you that you will love it here. On behalf of the Drama society I would like to welcome you to the college, as well as our society. We have lots of things going on for first-years, including our annual Debutantes Festival, which is a collection of short plays solely starring first-year actors. This is the perfect opportunity to dip your toe into acting and make new friends right of the bat. If you're not into acting, we will also have lots of opportunities to help out with all areas of theatre production (directing, costume, props, set, tech etc).

We will be outside John Hume on Tuesday the 20th, and Thursday the 22nd of September from 1-4pm, and you can also find our stand at the Fairs Day the following week. Come and say hello, we'd love to get to know you! :)

xx Jule

Hey everyone! We are thrilled to be opening up memberships for the upcoming academic year :) We have got loads planned for all of you and we can't wait to jump in! We have opportunities coming up very soon, so make sure you sign up asap to stay in the loop.

Cheers x

Jule

Our Monthly Improv Workshop is being Hosted by our very own Hannah Jane, who is one of our resident drama PROs. Come along so some giggles, some laughs but most importantly, to learn some improv skills. Our workshop is taking place in  Class Hall A at 7pm! See you soon

This week's workshop will be hosted by Niall Finnegan on the topic of Developing your ideas! The workshop will take place in Iontas Lecture Theatre on Monday 22nd November at 7pm. As always places must be booked in advance on MULife, linked below!

Link: https://mulife.ie/society/drama

*If you make a booking and find you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your booking to free up places for others who can attend to book, Thank you*

Welcome to week 3 of our monologue challenge in collaboration with Disney Society!

This week the theme is Pixar and you get to choose from the following scenes:

• Joy introducing all the emotions https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSVh1rhT/
• Buzz Lightyear to star command https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSVrnha3/
• Hi I’m Dory https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSVhJk54/

Upload your video to TikTok and tag @mudrama and @mudisneysociety and don't forget to use the hashtag #MUDisneyDramaChallenge

Winner will be announced next week Sunday, so there's loads of time for you to create your entry!

Uchechi, our first winner, won a MU water bottle and we have even more little surprises in stock for our future winners!

Today from 5pm to 9 pm we will be having our second Charity Livestream! We will be playing a host of games from Rocket league to Scribblio and we will be playing with members of Visual Media and Games Society( Don't worry we won't let Games Soc destroy us??)

We will be streaming it live on YouTube, with links to be posted on our Social Media and I will be sending an email with the link to check it out tomorrow at five. Now you might be wondering what charity? We are raising money for the Movember campaign to increase support and awareness of men's mental health. To encourage you all to donate to this wonderful charity, anyone that donates will be in with a chance to win a society hoodie from either Game, Visual Media, or Drama!!

Our biggest donator will be in with a chance to win a t-shirt designed on stream by our games of JackBox?? There is also more tiers of prizes to be won by donating so be sure to come and support and it could be you??? So many of you came and supported us at our last charity Livestream and I hope you all will continue to support us again today

We are hosting auditions for our Debutante Festival, otherwise, know as "Debs" this Thursday and Friday from 7-9 pm.

Now I know what you are thinking-"7 pm-9 pm, what an awfully long time to audition for" Fear not, the auditions work on a drop-in basis so come join us whenever you are free.

You do not need to prepare anything, just come as you are! Debs is a festival for First-Year Drama members, as well as members that might have joined us for the first time this year! Basically, if you want to act and never have before this is your chance!

If you are interested at all in acting you should come around and give it a shot since this festival is for you in mind as you are guaranteed a role to give you a chance to perform and have fun! This audition process and the show itself will be happening online this year due to the Corona Virus Epidemic but that will not stop us from performing in front of an audience as we have plans to stream it online if possible.

Here is the link to the zoom call and it can be used for both Thursday and Friday's audition times! https://zoom.us/j/95370416531?pwd=ZHdIMEV6aTl0bWRTWklZd0Vmb2tMdz09

Hope to see you all there and Break a Leg!

This Monologue workshop is run by our two winners of last year's monologue challenge, Fiona and Jule, and will go in-depth into both writings a monologue and performing it! Join us on zoom on Wednesday at 2pm!

https://zoom.us/j/98373583024?pwd=QzVJKy9uLzVSTEhoVUNvaUpsZ2RQdz09

Thank you everyone who came to debs festival last week, we had 200 people in to watch our shows over the 3 nights!! 

We were so overwhelmed by the numbers & so grateful for all of your support!! 

Overall we raised a €130 for ataxia on the doors & we're also donating all the profit we made on the show to ataxia too <3>

Can't wait to see what next semesters shows bring!!! 

xxxx

Hi Everyone, 

Just an update about the Youth Mentality Movement festival MU Drama took part in last week.

A big congratulations to our committee members; Kelly Rennick. Jonathan Cunniffe & Niall Finnegan for writing and directing a short play called 'Sondering' about pursuing positive mental health while in college. 

Here's what it was about ------

We constantly live life not noticing the complexity of the lives people live around us. Whether it’s exam stress or loneliness, whether you’re outgoing or quiet, ‘sondering’ gives insight to the many different kinds of struggles that different kinds of college students have

It featured on Tuesday night in the SU Venue. 

We're so proud of our first year's who performed the show <3>

Hey Everyone, Quick news update...

We're accepting full slot play & one act play submissions now! 

If accepted your show will take the stage in early December <3>

Deadline is Saturday Oct 19th!! 

Email us at drama@mulife.ie with any questions etc xx

Hi Everyone, 

Just an update to let you know when our first auditions for the year will be.

Our first festival of the year will be held in November called Debutantes Festival & this is where we showcase all our new first time actors. 

The auditions will take place from Tuesday October 8th - Thursday October 10th from 7pm-10pm in JHT2 (just up the stairs in John Hume to the right)

Whether you have loads of acting experience or absolutely none it does not matter pop along and we'll help you audition. Any member of our committee will happily go into the Audition with you and read the other characters lines along side you.

The way it works is, we'll have a table with pieces from the plays that are going to be in the festival & you choose which ever one you think you'd do best!! You can also audition as many times as you want, if you feel your first try was a bit shaky.

There's a part for everyone at our first festival as we have so many short plays to showcase, so if you want to get your time to shine on stage, we highly recommend you don't miss these auditions!!

Any questions contact us at anytime!!

Hope to see you all at Fairs Day next Thursday <3>